CONCERTS 2026 | JOY – Sunday with Beethoven
JULIO GARCÍA VICO / EMANUELE BENFENATI
MOZART Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 3 in G major, K 216
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1 in C major, op. 21
Director
Julio García Vico
Violin
Emanuele Benfenati
Program
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 3 in G major, K.216
The Mozart pianist-prodigy was certainly not inferior to the violinist, an art that was far from innate, as his father Leopold was one of the greatest teachers of the instrument. In his third violin concerto Mozart achieves a perfect balance between instrumental brio and expressiveness. The solo violin takes center stage, but without virtuosic excesses, for the “brilliant” effect always serves the music. Ideas flow abundantly, with ample forms and full-bodied orchestral writing. The first movement, full of themes, is pure joy and exuberance. The Adagio, cantabile and luminous, exploits the intimate timbre of the muted flutes and strings, evoking a clearly Italianate love song. In the final movement Mozart gives us a lively rondo, blending dancing spirit and elements of popular taste.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 1 in C major, op. 21
He is only twenty-five but Beethoven is already fully revealed in his First Symphony, which appeared in 1800 in Vienna to illuminate a century that reserved its highest and most definitive masterpieces for this musical form. The debt of gratitude to Mozart and (especially) Haydn is still most evident, but Beethoven’s overflowing personality is already apparent in the first movement, which opens, against all rules of time, on a dissonant chord. The fresh and energetic writing, the sweeping rhythm and the variety of themes already let us know that the symphony, as a musical form, is spreading its wings to fly toward broader and deeper universal reflections, putting behind it its function as pure entertainment for a select few.
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Martino Ruggero Dondi
A Milanese musician and philosopher, with a diploma in piano and a degree in philosophy with honors, he works as a collaborating maestro, choral and orchestral conductor at important opera houses. In parallel, he devotes himself to musical and cultural popularization, collaborating with Italian and international theaters and festivals.
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